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Power Outage Reported in Newark North Ward Neighborhood

Newark

Utility crews are on the scene of a power outage that's affecting several homes in the city's North Ward.

Emergency responder were called to the 500 block of Mount Prospect Street at around 1:45 a.m. for a crash involving a truck into a pole.

Crews arrived to find the truck had connected with some overhead wires that were hanging low ultimately causing the vehicle to pull the wires and a pole down.

The incident triggered an outage in the area authorities said.

There were no reports of injuries.

PSEG and city officials are working on the issue.

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